KFNB Nordstern

KNFB Nordstern was one of the first passenger steam locomotives in the Austrian Empire. It was built by J. and G. Rennie Locomotive Works for the Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway (German: Kaiser Ferdinands-Nordbahn or KFNB) in 1839 and operated from Vienna to Břeclav. Nordstern was the only locomotive of its type supplied to the KFNB and corresponded to standard English designs of the period with a 2–2–2 wheel arrangement in whyte notation. The cylinders were located under the smoke chamber and propelled the cranked second axle.

KFNB Nordstern
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderJ. and G. Rennie
Build date1839
Total produced1
Rebuild date1843
Specifications
Configuration:
  Whyte2-2-2
  UIC1A1
Driver2nd axle
Leading dia.1,054 mm (3 ft 5+12 in)
Driver dia.1,818 mm (5 ft 11+58 in)
Trailing dia.1,054 mm (3 ft 5+12 in)
Wheelbase3,372 mm (11 ft 34 in)
Length:
  Over beams5,795 mm (19 ft 14 in)
Loco weight13.2 tonnes (13.0 long tons; 14.6 short tons)
Service: 14.5 tonnes (14.3 long tons; 16.0 short tons)
Firebox type 
  Firegrate area0.88 m2 (9.5 sq ft)
Boiler pressure6.5 bar (650 kPa; 94.3 psi)
Heating surface 
  Tubes48.1 m2 (518 sq ft)
  Firebox3.10 m2 (33.4 sq ft)
CylindersTwo, inside
Cylinder size351 mm (13+1316 in)
Career
First run1839
Scrapped1865

The table gives values after renovation in 1843. The Nordstern was scrapped in 1865.

References

    • Alfred Horn: Die Kaiser-Ferdinands-Nordbahn, Die Bahnen Österreich-Ungarns, Band 2, Bohmann Verlag, 1970
    • Karl Gölsdorf: Lokomotivbau in Alt-Österreich 1837–1918, Verlag Slezak, 1978, ISBN 3-900134-40-5


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